Almost all of the Mary Rose crew, up to 500 men, drowned.  The wreck was raised in 1982 and is now preserved and on public display in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard along with some 19,000 artefacts which give a unique insight into life in Tudor England.

⚓ On this day in 1545: The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth. 📷 Images by Gerry Bye, Tony Hisgett, The Mary Rose Trust and geni.  #MaryRose #TudorEngland #HenryVIII #OnThisDay #MaritimeHistory #Shipwreck #MaritimeArchaeology #History

🔥 On this day in 64 CE: The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.  🖼️ Painting by Hubert Robert.  #Rome #RomanHistory #History #GreatFireOfRome #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory

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👑 On this day in 1918: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia. 📷 Photo by Boasson and Eggler. #Romanovs #Russia #RussianHistory #TsarNicholasII #History #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory

Odysseus, (#Ulysses to the #Romans) was famous for his courage, #intelligence, and leadership. He is known for his role in the #Trojan War, and his subsequent adventures described in Homer's '#Odyssey'.  Want to know more about Odysseus? Read on, here: https://www.worldhistory.org/odysseus/

Favourite of Zeus, #Athena was perhaps the wisest, most courageous, and most resourceful of the Olympian #gods. She is known for helping various heroes in #Greek #mythology including #Hercules, #Perseus, #Achilles and #Odysseus. Read more about Athena, here: https://www.worldhistory.org/athena/

The Rosetta Stone is a grey and pink granodiorite stela dating from 196 BCE which presents a priestly decree concerning King Ptolemy V of Egypt. The text is in three different versions: Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek, a fact which immeasurably helped to finally decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.

📜 On this day in 1799: The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. 📷 Photos ©️ by Trustees of the British Museum and Osama S.M. Amin.  #RosettaStone #Egypt #History #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory

Helen of #Troy (or Helen of #Sparta) is a figure from Greek #mythology who was considered the most #beautiful woman in the world. She was the daughter the #Spartan Queen, Leda, and #Zeus, who disguised himself as a swan to seduce Leda.  Read more, here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Helen_of_Troy/

#Penelope is the wife of #Odysseus and the mother of #Telemachus. She is known for being #loyal to her husband during his 20-year absence from #Ithaca, and for her clever plan to delay choosing a suitor for as long as possible.  Read more about Penelope': https://www.worldhistory.org/Penelope/

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The anniversary is still celebrated in France as the country’s national holiday.

The Storming of the Bastille was a decisive moment in the early months of the French Revolution (1789-1799). On 14 July 1789, the Bastille, a fortress and political prison symbolizing the oppressiveness of France’s Ancien Régime was attacked by a crowd.

🇫🇷 On this day in 1789: The Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution.  📝 Article by Harrison W. Mark.  #BastilleDay #France #FrenchHistory #Holiday #OnThisDay #History #TodayInHistory

🗿 A basalt colossal head from the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica. Provenance: Veracruz, Mexico, 1200-900 BCE. The significance of the heads is disputed, but they may represent rulers. (de Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco). 📷 Photo by Mary Harrsch. #Olmec #Mesoamerica #Mexico #History

Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid Perseis, is described as a fearsome #goddess and #sorceress with beautiful hair. The most famous myth involving #Circe can be found in Homer's '#Odyssey', in which she turns #Odysseus' men into pigs Read more: https://www.worldhistory.org/Circe/

Homer's '#Odyssey' is an epic poem which tells the tale of #Odysseus' long voyage home following the #Trojan War. Meanwhile, in #Ithaca, his loyal wife, #Penelope, and son, #Telemachus, wait for his return whilst their palace is overrun with unworthy suitors. https://www.worldhistory.org/Odyssey/

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🪨 Stenkvista church runes, a runescape carving in granite, Södermanland, c. 900-1100.  The sculpture is one of many runestones from the end of the Viking Age in Scandinavia and is a memorial dedicated by sons to their father.  📷 Photo by Berig.  #Runes #Sweden #Vikings #VikingAge #History

Hadrian was deeply interested in literature – especially Greek literature – and Egyptian mysticism and magic. He was among the most highly cultured of the Roman emperors and insisted on personally supervising as many of the building projects he had commissioned as he possibly could.

Hadrian was emperor of Rome from 117 to 138 CE and is recognised as the third of the Five Good Emperors. His reign marked the height of the Roman Empire, usually given as c. 117 CE.

👑 On this day in 138 CE: Emperor Hadrian dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae. 📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark.  📷 Photos by Mark Cartwright and Carole Raddato.  📷 Photo 3 ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin. #EmperorHadrian #Hadrian #Rome #RomanHistory #History #RomanEmperor #OnThisDay

⛰️ Overview of the thrones and the heads of the gods on the eastern terrace of Mount Nemrut. From left to right: King Antiochus I, Commagene-Fortuna, Zeus-Oromasdes, Apollo-Mithras and Hercules.  📷 Photo by Carole Raddato.  #MountNemrut #Türkiye #Turkey #History #HistoricalSite

👑 On this day in 1540: King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The pair divorced by mutual consent. Henry gave her two manors, one castle and a very generous allowance of 4,000 pounds a year. 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.  🖼️ Portraits by Hans Holbein.

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🍫 Vase for pouring chocolate, earthenware, Belize, Late Classic Maya, Altun-Ha style. (De Young Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco). Photo by Mary Harsch (photographed at the de Young Museum of Fine Arts).

🍫 Happy World Chocolate Day!  🍫 A c. 1787 jasper stoneware cup and saucer for drinking chocolate produced by the Etruria factory of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95). The central design shows Libya holding a cornucopia. Photo by the British Museum, London.  #WorldChocolateDay #Chocolate #History

The trial of Joan of Arc was reviewed as early as 1452, found to be invalid, and Joan was exonerated and proclaimed a martyr in 1456. She was later canonized and is one of the patron saints of France in the modern day.